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Floweria arctostriata

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae

Taxonomy
Strophomena arctostriata was named by Hall (1843). Its type specimen is AMNH 30605, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Streptorhynchus chemungensis arctostriata by Hall (1867); it was recombined as Orthothetes chemungensis arctostriata by Hall and Clarke (1892); it was recombined as Orthothetes chemungensis arctostriatus by Kindle (1900); it was recombined as Schuchertella arctostriata by Griesemer (1965); it was recombined as Eoschuchertella arctostriata by Linsley (1994); it was recombined as Floweria arctostriata by Stigall Rode (2005); it was recombined as Orthothetes arctostriatus by Wagner (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Strophomena arctostriata Hall p. 266
1867Streptorhynchus chemungensis arctostriata Hall pp. 71-72 figs. pl. 9, figs 1–12
1892Orthothetes chemungensis arctostriata Hall and Clarke figs. pl. 10, fig. 8
1900Orthothetes chemungensis arctostriatus Kindle
1965Schuchertella arctostriata Griesemer pp. 264 - 265 figs. PI. 3, figs. 5, 6
1994Eoschuchertella arctostriata Linsley p. 75 figs. pl. 74 f. 1-11
2005Floweria arctostriata Stigall Rode pp. 162 - 163 fig. 9.4
2020Orthothetes arctostriatus Wagner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderOrthotetidaWaagen 1884
suborderOrthotetidina
superfamilyChilidiopsoideaBoucot 1959
familyAreostrophiidaeManankov 1979
subfamilyAdectorhynchinaeHenry and Gordon 1985
genusFloweria
speciesarctostriata()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Floweria arctostriata Hall 1843
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. L. Stigall Rode 2005Small biconvex to planoconvex Floweria; cicatrix small; one large and several small costae alternating; hinge teeth short; ventral muscle scars short and broad; well developed myophore separating long dorsal muscle field.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindc
Created: 2010-02-15 05:25:57
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:25:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Kinderhookian or 387.70000 to 352.00000 Ma

Collections (90 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (New York) Eoschuchertella arctostriata (91091 91216 91225 91226 91232 91233 91240 91243 91244 91267 91268 91269)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Canada (Ontario) Floweria arctostriata (231666 231667)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Wisconsin) Schuchertella arctostriata (231622)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Indiana) Orthothetes chemungensis (170009)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) Eoschuchertella arctostriata (74985 74994 74995 89648 89651 89652 89653 89654 89655 89656 89657 89658 89660 89662 89664 89665 89667 89668 89669 89670 89671 89672 89673 89680 89699 89719 89741 89756 89769 89771 89772 89774 89787 89788 89789 89800 89804 89809 89822 94411) Floweria arctostriata (86265 89876 89879 89883 89885 89913 89921 89925 89927 89944 90855 111443) Schuchertella arctostriata (5619 5620 5661 5664 5665 5666 5667 5668 5669 9352 9354 9355 54574 76663)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (Missouri) Schuchertella arctostriata (3946 54372)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9USA (Montana) Schuchertella arctostriata (7247 54254 54255 54462)
Middle Famennian370.6 - 364.7USA (Montana) Schuchertella arctostriata (6975)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Montana) Schuchertella arctostriata (7151)